Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
A little while back I wrote about experimenting with AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 200 at different exposures. Since then, I've been trying Vista Plus as a black and white film. First, some background as to why - Cheap film. AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 200 is the cheapest film available - £1 a roll at Poundland. I have… Continue reading New Experimental Vistas – Black & White
With a typical ISO200 colour negative film, you'll only get worthwhile results if you expose it perfectly at box speed, correct? I decided to test this theory with a recent experiment. The film I chose was AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 200. This film is rebranded Fuji C200, their cheapest film, which I prefer to the more expensive… Continue reading New Experimental Vistas – Exposure Bracketing
"Using expired film is risky, foolish and virtually always ends in disappointing, unappealing photographs, so why bother?" This might be the kind of advice you hear from some quarters, but it's certainly not been my experience, very far from it. In fact, over the last three or four years, I'd estimate over 80% of the… Continue reading The Three Faces of Expired Film Photography
Whilst many of my favourite cameras are electronic and require batteries to do anything, not just meter (hello Contax 139 Quartz, 159MM and 167MT!), I own half a dozen others that are fully mechanical and either require a battery just for the meter, or have no meter at all. A couple of years ago I… Continue reading How I Shoot Film Simply Without A Light Meter
The first post in this Expired Emulsions series introduced some of the reasons why I love using expired film, and how I use it. One of my favourites is Ferrania Solaris 200 FG Plus. When I first got into film photography in mid 2012, my early film purchases were Fuji Superia 200 and 400, bought from… Continue reading Expired Emulsions – Ferrania Solaris 200
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